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Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium:
Thu., Sep 6, 2007
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Media Consortium: journalism project After watching mortgage market turmoil steal headlines throughout the August congressional recess, House Democrats dove into the growing crisis today, calling for stiffer regulation and listening as an administration official warned that the worst could be yet to come.
For the past two weeks, economists and market analysts have filled news pages and airwaves with a raging debate over the likelihood of a major economic downturn driven by the subprime-mortgage market’s implosion. Some observers argue the blaring headlines about a crisis are overblown. Others fretfully predict a slow, but not catastrophic correction. Still more worry about a full recession. They all agree, though, that a major component of today’s economic landscape is changing, and quickly.
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Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium:
Sat., Aug 4, 2007
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Media Consortium: journalism project The forum is divided into three segments: domestic policy, foreign policy, and candidate philosophy.
Domestic Policy
Bill Richardson said he would have an explicit Roe vs. Wade “litmus test” for Supreme Court nominees.
Dodd basically agrees.
Hillary Clinton, elaborating on the battle scars for her ‘93-’94 Hillarcare debacle, reiterated her support for universal health care, and suggested that she’s learned a lot about tactics in the intervening 13 years. It would be, she says, her top domestic priority.
Obama would abide by budget deficits to fund important domestic initiatives if those initiatives are in kind investments. Health care and global warming policy fit well in that category.
Edwards: “If you want change… who will be the best candidate to do that?” My guess? John Edwards thinks this person is John Edwards.
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Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium:
Fri., Aug 3, 2007
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Media Consortium: journalism project The past few years have been host to a fascinating phenomenon: Progressives have come together and settled upon a practically singular foreign policy vision, pasted together from a series of ideas–diplomacy, human rights, cooperation, prudence–that are decidedly non-revolutionary. And yet, despite its conservative-sounding origins, what they’ve come up with is a foreign policy ideal that’s both embarrassingly obvious but also compelling–one rooted in engagement with the world, an interest in the internal realities of other countries and regions, but with a humility about our ability or right to affect them. In short, a progressive realism.
Because of this unity of vision, the progressive foreign policy panel at YearlyKos–though comprised of experts not normally affiliated with the netroots–was one of the most engaging at the conference thus far. Moderator Ken Baer of Democracy, and featured guests Steven Clemons of the New America Foundation and Peter Beinart of The New Republic discussed an array of foreign policy problems–Iraq, military spending, global warming–currently facing the United States. [Disclosure: Clemons is a friend and former colleague of mine.]
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Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium:
Fri., Aug 3, 2007
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Media Consortium: journalism project Two interesting things happened last night at the Yearly Kos opening plenary. Howard Dean gave a rousing speech, and an organizer announced–to a round of “boos”–that Hillary Clinton will not attend her scheduled “break out session” with attendees after her appearance on Saturday. But that was after Dean’s performance.
It’s interesting to note that Dean now rides high on a popular strategy that, before the 2006 elections, threatened to kick him into irrelevancy.
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Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium:
Thu., Aug 2, 2007
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Media Consortium: journalism project It’s at this point conventional wisdom that the Democrats won in 2006 because their stance on the issues of the day were the popular ones: They wanted to stamp out corruption. They ran against the war. They trumpeted minimum wage and health care. They were swept to victory. Which is to say, it’s easy to forget this picture:
Remember that, for every date on the graph, the war was, as it is now, deeply unpopular with the public. The country was suspicious of Republican policies as well as their ethical mores. And yet the spread continued to narrow all the way until October 2006. That’s when the Foley scandal erupted.
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